Saturday, September 20, 2008

Listen San Antonio, fat loss doesn't have to be so complicated

So I'm talking with one of my clients recently and she asks me, in a rather exasperated tone, "Steve, why does fat loss have to be so complicated?"

The truth is, it doesn't. We make it that way.

Let me see if I can break it down into some simplified, common denomenator steps:

  1. What to eat: Freely eat anything that a Native American could have hunted, caught or gathered. That includes things like wild fish, range fed chicken and beef, buffalo, venison, turkey, fruit, veggies and nuts. Drink only water.
  2. What NOT to eat: Anything that man has altered and/or comes out of a box, a bag, a can, a microwave, or a drive thru window. Do not drink anything that comes out of a can or fizzes.
  3. How to train: Do "big movements" like squats, lunges, deadlifts, push-ups, tire jumping, dumbbell rows, standing shoulder presses, pullups. Make the true focus of your training to get stronger from the inside out.
  4. How to do your cardio: Sprinters, because of intensity, are lean and toned. Marathon runners, because of less intensity, are skinny-fat. Let the reality of that image help you in your decision.

My friend and colleague, Leigh Peele (I highly recommend buying her books!) recently re-iterated this comment: "Lean and sexy people lift weights; fat people do cardio."

It really is just that simple.

And isn't simple nice?

Please, there's no need, or benefit, to over thinking it.

Steve

Steve Payne is San Antonio's premier fat loss expert. If you're really serious about fat loss, then please consider San Antonio's finest fat loss "boot camp", the Firestorm Fitness Systems Fat Burning Fit Camps, The 28 Day Miracle Fat Loss Program or you can e-mail Steve here for more information on his many GUARANTEED success programs.